Sadhana

ON MANTRA ANUSTHANA

Articles, SadhanaMay 13, 20192KViews 2Likes 3Comments

An istha mantra is selected first. The object of the anusthana should be within the limits of the mantra chosen, e.g. one should not do japa of Hanuman in order to get a son. Foolish desires should not be cherished when performing anusthana. One should not do anusthana for destroying or harming other beings. This…

MAHALAKSHMI BY SRI AUROBINDO

Articles, Sadhana, Shakti, VedantaMay 10, 2019665Views 2Likes 0Comments

Wisdom and Force are not the only manifestations of the supreme Mother; there is a subtler mystery of her nature and without it Wisdom and Force would be incompetable things and without it perfection would not be perfect. Above them is the miracle of eternal beauty, an unseizable secret of divine harmonies, the compelling magic of…

BE SILENT

Articles, Sadhana, VedantaNovember 30, 2018537Views 0Likes 0Comments

BE SILENT - The Truth Is by Sri H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji) The purpose of all practice is Silence, your real nature. Without Silence you cannot be in peace so strive only for this. Even while active remain in Silence as Silence and be conscious of Silence always. Ramana’s main teaching is Silence and it is this…

panta kathara tois katharois – to the pure, all things are pure!

Articles, Sadhana, ShaktiNovember 30, 2018513Views 0Likes 0Comments

Excerpt from the book ADHYATMIKTA QUOTE Legend, as mentioned in yāmala texts like Rudra and Brahma, attests to a story, with slight variations, wherein Vasistha, son of Brahma, practiced severe austerity in Blue Mountains, Nilachala, at the site of the celebrated temple of goddess Kāmākhyā. Unable to succeed in his sādhanā in spite of strenuous effort, an angry…

MANTRA SĀDHANĀ

Articles, Mantra, SadhanaOctober 28, 2018985Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Mantra itself is Devatā, that is, the Supreme Consciousness (Cit-śakti) manifesting in that form. śṛṇu devi pravakṣāmi bījānām deva-rūpatām | mantroccārṇ amatrena deva-rūpam prajāyatte || Bṛhad-gandharva-Tantra (Ch. V) The Mantra is awakened from its sleep (Mantra-caitanya) through the Sādhana Śakti of the mantrin. It is at base one and the same Śakti which appears as Sādhana-Śakti and Mantra-śakti,…

APARAJITASTUTI – Hymn to the Invincible Devi

Articles, Sadhana, ShaktiOctober 17, 2018590Views 1Like 0Comments

The Chandipath is divided into three sections - charitras - each being equivalent to one of the three Veda-s: Rig, Sama, Yajur. The 3rd Charitra is the domain of Maharasraswati, and has given rise to some of the greatest theological and metaphorical interpretations of Shakta doctrine. The Bija of this section is Klim, which is…

THE SLAYING OF MAHISASURA (a liberal translation from the original text)

Articles, Sadhana, ShaktiOctober 13, 2018268Views 1Like 0Comments

As he saw the army being slaughtered, Ciksura, the great asura general went ahead in tremendous fury to battle Ambika. He rained showers of arrow on the Devi just as clouds shower the summit of Mount Meru. But easily shattering those volley of arrows, the Devi, in turn, killed Ciksura's horses and charioteer. Like lightning…

Importance of Pitr Karma

Articles, SadhanaOctober 2, 2018496Views 0Likes 0Comments

[Note: This article was first published in IndiaFacts] Every year during the second fortnight of the lunar month of Bhardrapada, right after the Ganesha puja, a period of 14 days is set aside for offering reverence to ancestors, known as pitrpaksha. During this time, many traditional Hindus perform pitr tarpana, pitr shraddha, and pinda danaeither at home, or preferably near…

ADHIKARA: Spiritual Competency

Articles, SadhanaAugust 20, 2018502Views 2Likes 0Comments

Men vary in capacity, temperament, knowledge and general advancement, and therefore the means (for Sadhana also means instrument) by which they are to be led to enlightenment must vary. Methods which are suitable for highly advanced men will fail as regards the ignorant and undeveloped for they cannot understand them. What suits the latter has…

Siddha Kunjika Stotram

Articles, Sadhana, ShaktiAugust 9, 20182KViews 6Likes 2Comments

The modern text of the Chandipath that comes to us is an aggregate of various stotras and parts which were added over time, around the core of the 13 main chapters and which are helpful for sadhana. At the very end of the text we have the Siddha Kunjika Stotram which is often regarded as…

Sri Aurobindo: When Does a Mantra Succeed?

Articles, SadhanaAugust 1, 2018639Views 4Likes 0Comments

The japa is usually successful only on one of two conditions – if it is repeated with a sense of its significance, a dwelling of something in the mind on the nature, power, beauty, attraction of the Godhead it signifies and is to bring into the consciousness, – that is the mental way; or if…

Ramana Maharishi on Guru

Articles, Sadhana, SaintsJuly 27, 2018480Views 1Like 0Comments

I have not said that a Guru is not necessary. But a Guru need not always be in human form. First a person thinks that he is inferior and that there is a superior, all-knowing, all powerful God who controls his own and the world’s destiny and worships him or does bhakti. When he reaches a certain stage and becomes…